Bones found during manhunt for fugitive dad Travis Decker over murders of his 3 daughters

Authorities have uncovered bones in the latest manhunt for fugitive dad Travis Decker , the prime suspect wanted in the murders of his three young daughters.

The two-day sweep of campgrounds near Leavenworth, Washington – which involved more than 100 FBI Seattle agents alongside local law enforcement – concluded Tuesday and yielded the first major development in a nationwide hunt that has gripped the public since early summer, Fox 13 Seattle reported. Decker, an Army veteran with extensive survival training, has managed to elude capture for three months.

Investigators have been searching for Decker since June 2, when he failed to return his daughters – Paityn, 9, Evelyn, 8, and Olivia, 5 – to their mother after a scheduled visitation. The children’s bodies were later found near